Have you ever wanted to create your own maps, or integrate and visualize spatial datasets to examine changes in trends between locations and over time? Follow along with these training tutorials on QGIS, an open source geographic information system (GIS) and learn key concepts, procedures and skills for performing common GIS tasks – such as creating maps, as well as joining, overlaying and visualizing spatial datasets. These tutorials are geared towards new GIS users. We’ll start with foundational concepts, and build towards more advanced topics throughout – demonstrating how with a few relatively easy steps you can get quite a lot out of GIS. You can then extend these skills to datasets of thematic relevance to you in addressing tasks faced in your day-to-day work.

OVERVIEWThis site is dedicated to raising the level of spatial and data literacy used in public policy. We invite you to explore curated content, training, best practices, and datasets that can provide a baseline for your research, analysis, and policy recommendations. Learn about emerging policy questions and how GIS can be used to help come up with solutions to those questions.EXPLOREGo to your area of interest and explore hundreds of maps about various topics such as social equity, economic opportunity, public safety, and more. Browse and view the maps, or collect them and share via a simple URL. Sharing a collection of maps is an easy way to use maps as a tool for understanding. Help policymakers and stakeholders use data as a driving factor for policy decisions in your area.ISSUESBrowse different categories to find data layers, maps, and tools. Use this set of content as a driving force for your GIS workflows related to policy. RESOURCESTo maximize your experience with the Policy Maps, we’ve assembled education, training, best practices, and industry perspectives that help raise your data literacy, provide you with models, and connect you with the work of your peers.

GIS project files and imagery data required to complete the Introduction to Planetary Image Analysis and Geologic Mapping in ArcGIS Pro tutorial. These data cover the area in and around Jezero crater, Mars.

In this research, the best management practices include vegetative/structural conservation practices (SCP) across crop fields, such as grassed waterways and terraces. This reference dataset includes 500,000 pair patches (false-color image (B1: NIR, B2: Red, B3: Green) and binary label (SCP: yes[1] or no[0]). These training samples were randomly extracted from Iowa BMP project (https://www.gis.iastate.edu/gisf/projects/conservation-practices) and present 90% of patches with SCP areas and 10% of patches non-SCP area. The patch dimension is 256 x 256 pixels at 2-m resolution. Due to the file size, the images were upload in different *.rar files (imagem_0_200k.rar, imagem_200_400k.rar, imagem_400_500k.rar), and the user should download all and merge them in the same folder. The corresponding labels are all in "class_bin.rar" file.

Application: These pair images are useful for conservation practitioners interested in the classification of vegetative/structural SCPs using deep-learning semantic segmentation methods.

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In the fall of 2013, the Detroit Blight Removal Task Force commissioned Data Driven Detroit, the Michigan Nonprofit Association, and LOVELAND Technologies to conduct a survey of every parcel in the City of Detroit. The goal of the survey was to collect data on property condition and vacancy. The effort, called Motor City Mapping, leveraged relationships with the Rock Ventures family of companies and the Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation to assemble a dedicated team of over 200 resident surveyors, drivers, and quality control associates. Data collection occurred from December 4, 2013 until February 16, 2014, and the initiative resulted in survey information for over 370,000 parcels of land in the city of Detroit, identifying condition, occupancy, and use. The data were then extensively reviewed by the Motor City Mapping quality control team, a process that concluded on September 30, 2014. This file contains the official certified results from the Winter 2013/2014 survey, aggregated to 2010 Census Tracts for easy mapping and analysis. The topics covered in the dataset include totals and calculated percentages for parcels in the categories of illegal dumping, fire damage, structural condition, existence of a structure or accessory structure, and improvements on lots without structures.Metadata associated with this file includes field description metadata and a narrative summary documenting the process of creating the dataset.

Our Certification & Restoration Program currently licenses water and wastewater treatment plant operators as well as water distribution plants throughout Florida. Obtaining one of these licenses is a prerequisite to obtaining employment as a plant operator, excluding owner-operators.See Metadata for contact information.

Certified businesses enterprises in the District of Columbia as identified by the DC Department of Small and Local Business. A Certified Business Enterprise (CBE) is a business that is headquartered in the District of Columbia and has been certified by the Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD). Businesses with CBE certification receive preferred procurement and contracting opportunities.

description: Quivira National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1955, and a detailed vegetation map was not available for management purposes. With the present development of a biological program and Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP), a baseline vegetation map of the refuge was identified as a necessity. Development of the vegetation map and associated report was a multi-step process. Aerial photography (NAIP, 2008) was used with eCognition to create polygons of different plant communities based on the likeness of surrounding pixels in the area. Prior to ground-truthing, the following activities were accomplished: training on vegetation mapping using GIS (previous experience and National Conservation Training Center course), creation of an vegetation association and alliance dichotomous key, development of a refuge plant key and identification skills, and preparation of maps for ground truthing. Once out in the field dominant plants were identified for appropriate vegetation alliance and association classification, plant specimens were collected for the refuge herbarium as necessary and additional observations and photos were gathered for the report. Over the course of the project, classification data was entered into a GIS and polygons were appropriately modified to create the final map. At Quivira, results found a total of 42 alliances and 43 associations.The most dominant plants throughout the refuge in 2008 based on canopy cover were saltgrass, plum, little bluestem and cottonwood. The number of alliances and associations found on the refuge show high species diversity.; abstract: Quivira National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1955, and a detailed vegetation map was not available for management purposes. With the present development of a biological program and Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP), a baseline vegetation map of the refuge was identified as a necessity. Development of the vegetation map and associated report was a multi-step process. Aerial photography (NAIP, 2008) was used with eCognition to create polygons of different plant communities based on the likeness of surrounding pixels in the area. Prior to ground-truthing, the following activities were accomplished: training on vegetation mapping using GIS (previous experience and National Conservation Training Center course), creation of an vegetation association and alliance dichotomous key, development of a refuge plant key and identification skills, and preparation of maps for ground truthing. Once out in the field dominant plants were identified for appropriate vegetation alliance and association classification, plant specimens were collected for the refuge herbarium as necessary and additional observations and photos were gathered for the report. Over the course of the project, classification data was entered into a GIS and polygons were appropriately modified to create the final map. At Quivira, results found a total of 42 alliances and 43 associations.The most dominant plants throughout the refuge in 2008 based on canopy cover were saltgrass, plum, little bluestem and cottonwood. The number of alliances and associations found on the refuge show high species diversity.

DEP's Certification & Restoration Program currently licenses water and wastewater treatment plant operators and water distribution system operators throughout Florida. Obtaining one of these licenses is a prerequisite to obtaining employment as a plant operator.See Metadata for contact information.

Link to the ScienceBase Item Summary page for the item described by this metadata record. Service Protocol: Link to the ScienceBase Item Summary page for the item described by this metadata record. Application Profile: Web Browser. Link Function: information

Materials created by James Baker in June 2014 for the 108 Mapping Data course of the British Library Digital Scholarship Training Programme.

This is an instructional document developed for volunteers who follow the Fluvanna History Initiative on One Shared Story's GIS Hub.Training was held at the Fluvanna County Public Library on Sunday September 29, 2019. This effort is being coordinated through an Esri GIS Premium Hub Community with assitance from GIS Corp and funding from the UVA Equity Atlas and the BAMA Works Fund.

This is a map of states that have Ducks Unlimited's Ecology Conservation & Management Certification. You can search the map by state. Updated by the Youth and Education Staff.

State law requires municipalities to hold an election each year.Source: Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Community and Regional Affairs

Analysis of ‘Neighborhood Councils (Certified)’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/2e6d265d-59e6-47df-96fc-c97edb97a98f on 27 January 2022.

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Official Certified Neighborhood Council boundaries in the City of Los Angeles created and maintained by the Bureau of Engineering / GIS Mapping Division.

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These data provide a spatial representation of the Arizona Department of Transport planned and existing regional freeway system, from 1960 to 2003.

A Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) is the permission to occupy a building or space based on approved permits. The application is submitted to BSEED along with all permits associated with the project. The building permit applicant or licensed professional would apply for the C of O, not necessarily the property owner. The purpose of tracking this information is to verify that the completed project has been approved for occupancy.

This web map shows the locations of Offices of Fire Safety Command and Licensing and Certification Command in Hong Kong. It is a set of data made available by the Fire Services Department under the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the "Government") at https://portal.csdi.gov.hk ("CSDI Portal").The source data is processed and converted to Esri File Geodatabase format and then uploaded to Esri’s ArcGIS Online platform for sharing and reference purpose. The objectives are to facilitate our Hong Kong ArcGIS Online users to use the data in a spatial ready format and save their data conversion effort. For details about the data, source format and terms of conditions of usage, please refer to the website of Hong Kong CSDI Portal at https://portal.csdi.gov.hk.

Vernal pools are small, shallow ponds characterized by lack of fish and by periods of dryness. Vernal pool habitat is extremely important to a variety of wildlife species including some amphibians that breed exclusively in vernal pools, and other organisms such as fairy shrimp, which spend their entire life cycles confined to vernal pool habitat. Many additional wildlife species utilize vernal pools for breeding, feeding and other important functions. Certified vernal pools are protected if they fall under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act Regulations (310 CMR 10.00). However, the certification of a pool only establishes that it functions biologically as a vernal pool. Certification does not determine that the pool is within a resource area protected by the Wetlands Protection Act. Certified vernal pools are also afforded protection under the state Water Quality Certification regulations (401 Program), the state Title 5 regulations, and the Forest Cutting Practices Act regulations.

350 foot buffer from a certified vernal pool.